It is 5:30am on a rainy day on a reserve high up in the mountains of Costa Rica. I’m lying on the twin mattress of the top bunk that I’m sharing with another girl. We had gotten to the reserve two days ago and spent the day before digging a 2 metre deep septic tank for the local church and we were getting ready to go back and finish the bathroom the church has waited so long for. It’s hard grunt work and the rain and bugs don’t make it any easier‚ but I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. Although
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In the 70’s‚ two research teams created the Big 5 Inventory. These teams were Paul Costa and Robert McCrae from the National Institutes of Health‚ and Warren Norman and Lewis Goldberg from the Universities of Michigan and Oregon. The purpose of this assessment was to define one’s personality traits without biasness from culture‚ language‚ or background. The 5 traits were founded throughout a combination of the teams’ research data (Potter‚ Big5). The Big 5 tailored a variety of traits and characteristics
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Costa Rica When I arrived in Costa Rica I immediately fell in love with it. I had all these ideas running through my head of what it would be like‚ but once I actually got there‚ it was better than I had ever imagined. I graduated from Livingstone Adventist Academy and every year the senior class goes to Costa Rica for their senior class trip. Something really special about our school is we make our class trip a mission trip as well. Going to Costa Rica was my first time out of the country and definitely
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a 2003 mystery novel by a british writer Mark Haddon. This was his first book and in the same year as it was first published‚ he won the Whitbread Book Awards for Best Novel and Book of the Year. In 2004 he got another prize for his book‚ namely the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Overall Best First Book and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. The 15 years old narrator of the story‚ Christopher John Francis Boone‚ suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome
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or shelter needs are available as needed. Meals are served on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. and they serve free meals. 3. Contra Costa Child Care Council 3065 Richmond Parkway. Richmond‚ CA 94806 510-758-5439 Website… www.cocokids.org Hours… 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM‚ Monday-Friday Contact Person… Brenda Contra Costa Child Care Council strives to make a difference in ensuring that children are nurtured‚ healthy and achieve their full potential. There mission to promote
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United Way Launches Holiday Gift Drive to Support Bay Area Families and Seniors in Need LIVE UNITED Holiday Campaign Kicks Off in Time for Thanksgiving and Giving Tuesday. San Francisco‚ CA‚ USA (November 25‚ 2014) -- United Way of the Bay Area today announced the launch of its LIVE UNITED holiday campaign‚ including a gift drive for individuals‚ community organizations and businesses that want to support local families in need. The poverty-fighting organization has also released a toolkit to support
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volunteers and donations from good sumaritans. To obtain the transportation needed‚ we could find cheaper vehicles that would fit our needs‚ or some of our volunteers might lend or donate us their vehicles. Finally‚ we could put out a survey to homes around Contra Costa County to get an idea of the neediest homes in our county. While we might have a plan for our nonprofit organization‚ there are still things we need to investigate before we start anything. Firstly‚ we need to know exactly how many families need food
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Like a Molave I. Not yet‚ Rizal‚ not yet. Sleep not in peace: There are a thousand waters to be spanned; there are a thousand mountains to be crossed; there are a thousand crosses to be borne. Our shoulders are not strong; our sinews are grown flaccid with dependence‚ smug with ease under another’s wing. Rest not in peace; Not yet‚ Rizal‚ not yet. The land has need of young blood-and‚ what younger than your own‚ Forever spilled in the great name of freedom
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PressReleasePing Shipbird‚ A Crowdsourcing Delivery Service‚ Offers A Greener Option for Businesses Shipbird‚ a delivery service that allows users to employ ?on your way? technology‚ offers a cleaner‚ more environmentally-friendly option for businesses to distribute packages throughout the Bay Area. SAN FRANCISCO‚ CA‚ June 19‚ 2014 /PressReleasePing/ – Shipbird‚ a delivery service that allows users to employ ‘on your way’ technology‚ offers a cleaner‚ more environmentallyfriendly option
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